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1944 Map of Goldsboro

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Goldsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

The borderlands of Queen Anne's and Caroline Counties are defined here by a dense network of agricultural drainage and small settlements during the mid-1940s. The Pennsylvania railroad line serves as a central artery for the region, connecting the village of Goldsboro with the northern community of Henderson and the border town of Marydel. This era shows a landscape heavily modified for farming, with the Edenburg Ditch, Long Marsh Ditch, and Beaverdam Ditch channeling water across the flat terrain towards the Choptank River.

Local life revolves around named junctions and rural institutions such as Bethel Ch and Bethel Sch. Small crossroads like Hollingsworth Crossroads, Kane Crossroads, and Melville Crossroads mark the intersection of farm-to-market roads, while sites like the Borrow Pit and Sand Pits indicate local resource extraction. The map preserves the specific locations of family-oriented landmarks like Ervings Chapel and Rockermon Ch before later 20th-century development altered the rural fabric.